Boris Vasilyevich Anrep (27 September 1883 – 7 June 1969) was a Russia

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n artist, active in Britain

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, who devoted himself to the art of mosaic

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In Britain, he is known for his monumental mosaics at the National Gallery, London

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, Westminster Cathedral

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 and the Bank of England

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. Being close to the Bloomsbury Group

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, he was a noticeable figure in London

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 social and intellectual life from 1912 up to the mid-1960s.

In Ireland, he is known for his mosaics at Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar

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In Russia, he is associated with the Silver Age of Russian Poetry

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 as the addressee of many beautiful poems by Anna Akhmatova

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, including her Tale of the Black Ring.